Changes in fatty acid composition of Neurospora crassa accompany sexual development and ascospore germination

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1713-1720

  Goodrich Tanrikulu, Marta ^a,c   Howe, Kelly ^b   Stafford, Allan ^a   Nelson, Mary Anne ^b  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Filamentous fungi; Lipids; Neurospora crassa; Sexual development

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS SPORE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0031827817     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1713     Document Type: Article

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